Place:

Mulbarton
Norfolk

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Mulbarton like this:

MULBARTON, a village and a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk. The village stands 1½ mile W of Swainsthorpe r. station, and 5½ S W by S of Norwich; was once a market-town; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Norwich, and a goodinn. The parish comprises 1, 348 acres. ...

Real property, £3, 639. Pop., 525. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to the Bigods, and belongs now to J. Steward, Esq. Mulbarton Lodge is the seat of Capt. E. H. W. Bellairs. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Keningham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £606.* Patron, J. Steward, Esq. The church was built about 1280; is a fine flint structure; consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains a monument to Sir E. Rich. Chief Justice Richardson was anative, and his father was rector.